Carlock Elem School

Set in Carlock, Illinois, Carlock Elem School is a minimally staffed elementary school, one of the schools within McLean County USD 5. It works with 111 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Carlock Elem School sits 71% smaller than that benchmark.

McLean County USD 5 comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 12,407 students; Carlock Elem School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Carlock Elem School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Beyond that, the school lists 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Carlock Elem School lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Carlock Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.2%; this one delivers 50.7%.

In the area at large, census data for McLean County shows median household income runs about $79,905, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across McLean County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,759 students), Carlock Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Olympia North Elem Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Carlock Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Carlock Elem School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 53.2%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Carlock Elem School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 111 (now 111). White enrollment moved from 86% to 81% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Carlock Elem School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.